Walking & Wayfinding in the Westfjords of Iceland (4-Part Guidebook)

This four-part guidebook series documents old walking and herding routes between Ísafjörður and Látrabjarg in the wild heart of Iceland, the Westfjords. It also features information on local ecology, culture, and history paired with creative practices that invite a deeper relationship with nature.

• 21 walking routes described in Notes on Walking and on the waterproof and tear-resistant Westfjords Trails Map
• 81 species described and illustrated by Jón Baldur Hlíðberg included in Notes on Ecology
• First-ever aerial imagery & topographic hiking map used in the Westfjords region, which is helpful for determining routes for various land cover
• 12 years of research, travel and guiding in the region by Henry Fletcher and 6 years by Jay Simpson

‘Wayfinding in the Westfjords is a diligent tangle of the practical and the magical. Visually sumptuous, it also has some hard yards of stomped wisdom secreted within it. There are clues here about what it means to be claimed by a place. It made me whistle through my teeth and start thinking about a journey north’ — Dr. Martin Shaw, Author of Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass 

‘Dear Henry and Jay, today your amazing compendium about the old paths and so many other interesting subjects in the West-Fjords arrived. The books are so nicely made, the map easily readable and ready for outdoor-use . . . Congratulations on this bibliophilic gem! As I am an ecologist by profession I’m looking forward to which news the “Notes on Ecology in the Westfjords” will tell us. We will keep you updated about our walks this summer.’ — Oliver (Customer Review)

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